"We can forgive a man for making a useful thing as long as he does not admire it. The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires it intensely.

All art is quite useless."

-Oscar Wilde

Okay, so it appears that there are some peoples out there that would be interested in what kind of peoples I would be. Appparently I would be the kind that likes to intentionally butcher the english language when not actually writing fics.

Personal info: I'm about twice the age of the average fangirl, I live with my daughter (8 yrs), roomie and 4 birds. I've been writing since I was very young, though I'm just now getting to feeling like I might not blow big ugly goats at it.

Since I believe that the best way to get insight into a person is through their music, I include the following list of favorites: Hawksley Workman, Tool, Deathstars, Evans Blue, Damien Rice, Tori Amos. These are not all by a long shot, but even ff.net wouldn't have room for a complete list.

Pet Peeves: People who don't know how to use an apostrophe. ESL people are excepted, of course, but fully grown and post-secondary-educated humans really should be able to grasp this simple concept.

Feedback on my fics is very much appreciated, and gives me the incentive to keep it up. Constructive criticism is welcome, since no one is a perfect writer (certainly not me). Flames will be used to toast marshmallows.

Giant Kumagoro-Beam bunny hugs to my amazing beta, sohmamomiji!!

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Thanks for checking my stuff out!!

-A'mael21 (the apostrophe is correct, but of course I was forced to omit it for my account.)

AU. A young monk in training finds a rather unusual book, and a chain of events goes very wrong. A retelling of Saiyuki from a different point of view. Add a connection. Subtract a character. This is what happens.

AU. Goku becomes Gojyo's roommate in ther group home where they live. Against his better judgement, Gojyo falls in love. It's up to Goku to convince him not to run from it. Warning for TEEN SEXUALITY. COMPLETE.

AU. Koumyou and Nataku are priest and warrior in the Aztec civilization. The suicidal wishes of a celebrated young warrior lead a priest to question his motives, and to attempt to save the boy. Graphic M/M, character death, shouta. COMPLETE.

Prompted vampire AU: Ritsuka/Soubi - "What kind of vampire needs to be ordered so tht he feeds? Really." This was more fun to write than it should have been, I think. Rated for description of M/M sex. COMPLETE.

The events of the past have left their scars, and even Ritsuka finds that a darkness lives within, raging to be fed. Ritsuka/Soubi, Graphic M/M written in an oblique way. Dark!Ritsuka, Dom/sub. Written for the LJ springkink community, prompted. COMPLETE.

Ritsuka wants to make Soubi happy, and discovers that his assumptions may not all have been correct. There is beauty in many things, if only one looks in the right way. Ritsuka/Soubi, M/M, graphic sex, M/s. COMPLETE.

Drabbles, more or less. Ruminations on Wild Adapter...some things that happened, some that haven't, and some that may or may not come to pass. Shooting for 100. Rated M for safety, because heaven only knows what I'll write later. M/M.

Hiei and Kurama have a complicated past, and words aren't always necessary. Written for LJ's springkink community; prompt: Stifling UST, pheromones - "You could almost wring it out of the air." Companion to Madhumalati's "As Eternity Flows By". COMPLETE.

Goku doesn't get why Sanzo doens't tell him things. Sanzo doesn't get why he needs to. Pure freaking FLUFF. 2008 Birthday gift for eyesofshinigami, because she is such a wonderful friend and person. COMPLETE.

Hakkai suffers a relapse of death wish after a dramatic and traumatic rescue. Gojyo needs to figure out how to bring him back from the edge. I borrowed the title from the amazing Hawksley Workman. First in the 'Long Life Arc'.